The Life of Jesus the Christ Volume I Author:Henry Ward Beecher This is volume one of a two volume set. Volume one is subtitled: Earlier Scenes. From the preface: "I have undertaken to write a Life of Jesus, the Christ, in the hope of inspiring a deeper interest in the noble Personage of whom those matchless histories, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are the chief authentic memorials. I ha... more »ve endeavored to present scenes that occurred two thousand years ago as they would appear to modern eyes if the events had taken place in our day."« less